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Selections for Curragh – July 19th 2026
1.40: ABLETAI – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 2.10: WHITE SAND BEACH (RYAN uy/AIDAN O’BRIEN) tu 2.40: ALPINE WEDDING – EW – (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 3.15: POWER BLUE (ROSSA RYAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 3.50: MALLAVELLY (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.25: ILLINOIS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.00: TRADEWINDS (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.30: SOLNESS – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Boylan Talks Podcast – July 18th 2026
Pip: There is a particular kind of sports fan who watches another county’s All Ireland run and thinks, quietly, that should have been us. Brendan at Boylan Talks Sport has been having that week. Mara: This episode covers two stretches of GAA territory — the retirement of one of the game’s defining players, and the…
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Selections for Curragh – July 18th 2026
1.10: ANCHOR ROAD (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 1.40: VISHAYA – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.15: DREAMAASAR – EW – (BILLY LOUGHNANE/ED WALKER, IN GB) 2.50: BODHI BEAR – EW – (COLIN KEANE/FOZZY STACK) 3.25: HAVANA ANNA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 4.00: CARRY THE FLAG (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.35: SPARAN NUA – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JIM…
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A man with admirable old fashioned qualities on young shoulders
Tipperary’s sensational All Ireland MFC victory of 2011 has a spot ingrained in the memory bank of yours truly. For a start, their tilt thereat only came about after Meath were absolutely robbed by Derry referee Barry Cassidy in their quarter final tie against the Premier County in Portlaoise on the August Bank Holiday Monday…
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Selections for Down Royal – July 17th 2026
5.05: SANTORINI STORM (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.42: BYE BYE NOW (PADDY HARNETT (5)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.15: CASHEL QUEEN (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.50: CAMELOT QUEEN (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.24: MASEGO (CONOR CUSACK (4*)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.59: TEOLOGIA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.30: SEA OF DUBKA (COLIN KEANE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD)
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Selections for Killarney – July 17th 2026
1.32: CITE FLORALE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.02: SOME PRETENDER (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.32: ELUSIVE OGIE – EW – (DAN KING/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.07: THE BANGOR DOYLE – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/JOHN QUEALLY) 3.42: THE SHADOW PADDY (DAN KING/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.17: TROPICAL IMAGE – EW – (TOMMY O’CONNOR (7)/EOIN MCCARTHY) 4.52: OOGUM OOGUM (SHANE FITZGERALD…
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Selections for Killarney – July 16th 2026
4.30: EARLY DAWNING (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.05: MURCIA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.35: I FEEL FINE – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/MARK MOLLOY) 6.10: KOEUR A PRENDRE – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/MARK MOLLOY) 6.45: ONLY FOR OUR MAN – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 7.20: SECRET ROCK – EW – (EOIN WALSH/CIAN COLLINS) 7.55:…
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Selections for Leopardstown – July 16th 2026
4.20: STAR OF STATE (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.50: SEA OF RAIN (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JIM BOLGER) 5.24: ARDADSLOSTDPLOT – EW – (REBECCA PARSONS (7)/DAVID MARNANE) 6.00: BELLESQUE (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 6.35: HOWSTHEBAI (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.10: SNELLEN – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.45: NEO SMART – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JIM BOLGER) 8.20: OB LA…
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Selections for Killarney – July 15th 2026
5.30: GLAMAZON – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 6.00: SOUTH DAKOTA (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.30: TRANSCRIPT (PADDY HARNETT (5)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 7.00: CROMAC QUAY (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.30: CONVINCING – EW – (BEN COEN/CIARAN MURPHY) 8.00: YOUNG CHURCHILL – EW – (BILLY LEE/RICHARD O’BRIEN) 8.30: SONIC INVADER – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE)
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Outside the golden harvest looking in
There was a juncture, about half way through the second half of Mayo’s consignment of Louth back down to earth with a thump when the thought struck that it could – maybe should – have been us. Facing into the most glorious two weeks devotees of any county team may ever be fortunate enough to…
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